How did we get here? In her latest article, Zerlina Maxwell provides some necessary context by talking about the larger history of Baltimore’s relationship to police brutality, and the lack of economic opportunity for young black men like Gray.

Mychal Denzel Smith calls out those who have been asking for “peaceful” protests by reminding us that “peaceful” protests are, in fact, the easiest to ignore.

What happens when you threaten the positionality of a sexist media? You’re censored. After Jamia Wilson’s interview with Tom Watson was unpublished from Forbes because it was too on point for them to handle, it was republished on Medium.

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